I'm not talking about the standard "don't fart on your sisters head", "5 is an unacceptable time to get up", or even "if your mittens are dripping water everywhere, then yes - they are indeed WET". Those scripts are already on rewind and repeat and seem to have little impact.
No, I'm referring to the important conversations. Things like the significance of wearing the poppy, Remembrance Day, and honouring the contribution made by our current and past armed forces to ensure we have the rights/freedoms we often take for granted. Admittedly, this is a concept that is difficult for a 6 year old to process.
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The other day my children were fortunate to participate in a Remembrance Day ceremony at their school. When they returned home that evening, all were very excited to tell me about the ceremony - and especially proud of the poppies they had pinned to their jackets. Except B. His coat was missing his poppy.
"B - what happened to your poppy? Did it fall off on the way home?" I asked.
"No. I buried it in the snow!" he stated excitedly. He then ran off to play.
At first I was mortified - why on earth would my child bury a symbol of Remembrance in the snow, and I secretly hoped he did this in our yard and not at the school.
At bedtime that evening, as I rubbed his back, I asked "Why would you bury your poppy, B?"
"So we could have poppies in the spring of course. Why should we only remember when snow is on the ground?" he replied, looking at me as if I was daft.
Perhaps I'm doing something right after all.
If you are interested in hearing the stories of our veterans, I encourage you to check out Veterans Voices of Canada . This is an amazing project dedicated to ensuring our veterans can share their stories with generations to come. We must never forget.
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